The University of Sheffield
Department of Geography

Your future

Careers

Recent graduates have been very successful in securing high-level employment in both the private and public sectors. In the last three years, 92 per cent of our alumni were either working or studying for a further degree within six months of graduating.

Many of our graduates work in urban regeneration, environmental consultancy, and local economic regeneration. Others have followed careers in finance and banking, health, housing and town planning.

We have a number of highly distinguished graduates who have pursued truly exciting opportunities thanks to their degree from the University of Sheffield.

Such distinguished graduates include:

  • Vanessa Lawrence, CBE, Director General and Chief Executive of the Ordnance Survey
  • Richard Leafe, Chief Executive of the Lake District National Park Authority
  • Dr Graham Farmer, Officer-in-Charge (Somalia), United Nations Food Aid Organisation
  • Chris Fawkes, Meteorologist and BBC Weather Forecaster
  • Simon Roberts, Award Winning Photographer

Providing you with a highly developed skill-set and a respectable qualification, our degrees not only pave the way for excellent career opportunities but give you the necessary knowledge to pursue further education.

Skills

By combining elements of the sciences and humanities, you will gain an extensive skill set, including critical thinking, information and data analysis, team working, communication, project management and IT skills.

You will also be able to demonstrate practical ability in state-of-the-art geographical and environmental research approaches and techniques, including expert knowledge of GIS (Geographical Information Systems), remote sensing and numerical modelling of environmental processes.

Further education

Many of our graduates pursue masters and PhD courses as our degrees provide you with necessary knowledge and skill set to do so. Courses that students choose to follow are focussed on world leading research in areas such as volcanology, glacial geomorphology, socio-spatial analysis and international development.

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Laura LindsayCase study
Sheffield geography graduate Laura Lindsay works as a media and communications executive with travel publisher Lonely Planet.

"I use my geographical knowledge every single day at work; I couldn’t do my job without knowing where places are in the world. I genuinely believe that my degree has made me appreciate places more, having a greater understanding of how the world works, everything from urban planning to consumer geography has influenced how I experience places, having a better understanding of these things makes it more enjoyable to travel.

"I would most definitely recommend the University and the course to others, and I have done many times."